Experimental and numerical analysis of flow through a natural rough fracture subject to normal loading

Abstract Fractured crystalline rocks have been chosen or are under consideration by several countries as host rock formations for deep geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel. In such geological formations, flow and solute transport are mostly controlled by a network of connected natural frac...

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Main Authors: Paolo Trinchero, Liangchao Zou, Miquel de La Iglesia, Aitor Iraola, Patrick Bruines, Guido Deissmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55751-w